Yes, I was totally stunned seeing those green flocks of very loud birds all around the Kent. Amazing. Could not believe my own eyes. So fascinating. But after 6 years, got used to them as to any other native Brittish birdies.
There are absolutely tons of these birds flying around Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, I’ve been working on a roof & can hear them, I counted seven altogether fly above me one day then 12/13 of them another It’s quite funny, the customer has lived at the property for 4 & half years & didn’t even realise, looked at me like I was crazy 😝
I've looked this up because I've seen 2 in east London mile end park where i Live in the past few weeks I'm worried about them so im looking it up they are such lovely sweet chatty intelligent birds 💚💛💙
I’m not sure exactly where they are in Glasgow but according to the map I was referring they had been seen. I assume in a large park like where they’re found in other big cities
R u takin the piss? There are Indian ringnecks in the UK i see them where i live. So what's with the piss taking comment (if it was on which it comes across as.)
I've been watching the parakeet invasion for some years, and made a film about it in 2016 which you can see at ruclips.net/video/3e0EdaURacA/видео.html Some points: These birds were almost certainly first imported into England by the Romans. A Roman wall painting of the 1st century AD was excavated in Lime Street in the city of London, and it showed a pair of unmistakable Rose-Ringed Parakeets (which are the species of ring-necked parakeets we have here). The birds had been imported to the west along the Silk Road for some time previously, and there is an earlier mosaic from Pergamon in Asia Minor that shows one. They continued to come to England during the Middle Ages. The old word 'popinjay' denotes a parakeet. (That's not in my film, I didn't know at the time.) During all these centuries they must have escaped from houses and aviaries but were unable to survive the winter, even in the medieval warm period when temperatures were higher than they are now. Rose-Ringed Parakeets are a southern species, not the same as the tougher species of ring-necked parakeet whose natural habitat extends into the foothills of the Himalayas. Of course escapes were spotted in the wild, but I don't think they lived long. I think the crucial change happened in the late 20th century, date uncertain, but the location seems to have been Kingston in southwest London. A random mutation produced a race of extra-hardy parakeets that could survive the winter. The first really large permanent population was observed in Kingston, and there are still thousands of them there. It's possible that the entire western European population of green parakeets is descended from these birds, but note that in some places another species, the Monk Parakeet, has become a pest. As you rightly say, the legends about _The African Queen_ and Jimi Hendrix are a load of rubbish. Parakeets really do drive smaller hole-nesting birds out of their holes, and I have seen this happen (shown in my film). They also, by their sheer dominance, drive out most of the native songbirds from an area where they cluster. I have been watching birds daily in Kensington Gardens, and have seen how when people start feeding parakeets in a particular spot they turn it from a diverse habitat into a dull monoculture of shrieking green pests. It's sad to watch. Also, parakeets destroy trees by stripping them of leaf and flower buds. They chew the bud briefly to squeeze out a bit of sweet sap, instantly spit it out and move on to the next one, so a few birds can cause widespread damage. You see carpets of stripped chewed buds on the ground under a denuded tree. I report on parakeets and other park birds in my daily blog at kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.com/ which I have kept up uninterrupted for almost twelve years. On the day that I write this, my blog had a video of parakeets stripping the berries from a myrtle bush.
It is not a invasion! Many like me love and welcome them. I have watched them for years, they do not harm or take other birds home! This is lies from Racist people who think they are invaders. I love them. Many were born here! They are Brit birds now.
Yes, I was totally stunned seeing those green flocks of very loud birds all around the Kent. Amazing. Could not believe my own eyes. So fascinating. But after 6 years, got used to them as to any other native Brittish birdies.
Same, I was excited to see them originally in Manchester but now just think “how loud are these birds?” 😂😂
@@Fishkeepingmadeeasy😂
I think they are cute
Just seen around 30 of them a tree full in the backcountry around a local fishing pool beautiful green
this video was really interesting! i live in france and it's been a few years since i first saw these birds and i think they are amazing!
Thank you! Yes, I think they’re amazing too! It’s amazing how they’re all over Europe too!
I love them I seen them in Newcastle Upon Tyne
That’s crazy! The furthest north I’ve seen them is Preston!
Lots in Harlow , Essex and surrounding area
Thanks for confirming your sightings 👍
There are absolutely tons of these birds flying around Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, I’ve been working on a roof & can hear them,
I counted seven altogether fly above me one day then 12/13 of them another
It’s quite funny, the customer has lived at the property for 4 & half years & didn’t even realise, looked at me like I was crazy 😝
Loads in Liverpool, Sefton and Newsham parks.
I've looked this up because I've seen 2 in east London mile end park where i Live in the past few weeks I'm worried about them so im looking it up they are such lovely sweet chatty intelligent birds 💚💛💙
Interesting I'll need to keep my eyes open when around Glasgow
I’m not sure exactly where they are in Glasgow but according to the map I was referring they had been seen. I assume in a large park like where they’re found in other big cities
I saw a Dodo last week in Oxford city Center
Did ye aye
R u takin the piss?
There are Indian ringnecks in the UK i see them where i live.
So what's with the piss taking comment (if it was on which it comes across as.)
@@kittyk.klandasions7008 get a life you sad sake
Saw two ,about a month ago in MANCHESTER, NEAR HEATON PARK 🇬🇧
Once see a few you see them everywhere in Manchester 😂
@@Fishkeepingmadeeasy what should we do shoot them , I also have grey squirrels, I enjoy WIld life 🦨
Good to learn. I thought they were only in London.
@@johnstewart9745Please do not shoot them, they are beautiful, cute; harmless.
I've been watching the parakeet invasion for some years, and made a film about it in 2016 which you can see at
ruclips.net/video/3e0EdaURacA/видео.html
Some points:
These birds were almost certainly first imported into England by the Romans. A Roman wall painting of the 1st century AD was excavated in Lime Street in the city of London, and it showed a pair of unmistakable Rose-Ringed Parakeets (which are the species of ring-necked parakeets we have here). The birds had been imported to the west along the Silk Road for some time previously, and there is an earlier mosaic from Pergamon in Asia Minor that shows one.
They continued to come to England during the Middle Ages. The old word 'popinjay' denotes a parakeet. (That's not in my film, I didn't know at the time.)
During all these centuries they must have escaped from houses and aviaries but were unable to survive the winter, even in the medieval warm period when temperatures were higher than they are now. Rose-Ringed Parakeets are a southern species, not the same as the tougher species of ring-necked parakeet whose natural habitat extends into the foothills of the Himalayas. Of course escapes were spotted in the wild, but I don't think they lived long.
I think the crucial change happened in the late 20th century, date uncertain, but the location seems to have been Kingston in southwest London. A random mutation produced a race of extra-hardy parakeets that could survive the winter. The first really large permanent population was observed in Kingston, and there are still thousands of them there. It's possible that the entire western European population of green parakeets is descended from these birds, but note that in some places another species, the Monk Parakeet, has become a pest.
As you rightly say, the legends about _The African Queen_ and Jimi Hendrix are a load of rubbish.
Parakeets really do drive smaller hole-nesting birds out of their holes, and I have seen this happen (shown in my film). They also, by their sheer dominance, drive out most of the native songbirds from an area where they cluster. I have been watching birds daily in Kensington Gardens, and have seen how when people start feeding parakeets in a particular spot they turn it from a diverse habitat into a dull monoculture of shrieking green pests. It's sad to watch.
Also, parakeets destroy trees by stripping them of leaf and flower buds. They chew the bud briefly to squeeze out a bit of sweet sap, instantly spit it out and move on to the next one, so a few birds can cause widespread damage. You see carpets of stripped chewed buds on the ground under a denuded tree.
I report on parakeets and other park birds in my daily blog at
kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.com/
which I have kept up uninterrupted for almost twelve years. On the day that I write this, my blog had a video of parakeets stripping the berries from a myrtle bush.
Population has exploded in london on the last few years
Definitely! You see them in almost every park
Good, I love them.
It is not a invasion! Many like me love and welcome them. I have watched them for years, they do not harm or
take other birds home! This is lies from
Racist people who think they are invaders. I love them. Many were born
here! They are Brit birds now.
Did you even watch the video?
No, they are an invasive species. Period.
Like people said about Grey Squirrels which clearly impact on Native Red Squirrels.
'promo sm'
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